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a- O. Aeetoselhi L. (Oxys Acetosella Scop.)- Europe, Asia, 

 northern Africa, N. America, south to N. Carolina and Michi- 

 gan. Wood Sorrel, White or True Wood-sorrel, Wood-sour, 

 Wood-sowerJ, Alleluia (AUolida, Lujula), Cuckoo-bread, 

 Cuckoo-flower, Cuckoo' s-meat. Cuckoo-sour, Cuckoo's or Gowk's 

 Clover, Hearts, Ladies' Clover, Laverocks, Sour or Sleeping 

 Clover, Sleeping- beauty, Sheep Sorrel, Sour Trefoil or Trifoly, 

 Shamrock, Stub wort. Green-sauce; Ger. Sauerklee, Hasenklee; 

 Fr. Alleluia, Surelle, Pain de coucou ; Sp. Acederilla, Socoyol. 

 [Many of above synonyms apply equally to other species]. 

 Plant, as in other species, acidulous, diuretic, antiscorbutic; 

 contains oxalic acid, and so may be poisonous. 



b. 0. stricta L. (O. comiculatavar. strictaSav., Oxys striata All,). 

 Canada aud Eastern U. S., nat. in Europe. Ladies' Sorrel, 

 Upright Yellow Wood-sorrel, Sheep Sorrel, Sheep-poison, (c) 

 0. corniculata L., Procumbent Yellow W^ood-sorrel, is not 

 distinguished popularly from this species. The Index Kewensis 

 includes both under the latter name. 



1476. 0XYC6CCUS, Hill. 1756. Cranberry. Yacciniaceae. 



From Greek, "sour berry". Syn. Schollera, Poth. not 

 Schreb. ; Vaccinium, in part. Trailing or erect shrubs. Four 

 species, northern hemisphere; 3 in U. S. 



a. 0. macrocarpus (Ait.) Pers. V. macrocarpon Ait, but Index 



Kew. makes this a synonym of (b), as also O. macrocarpus 

 Turcz. ). British America south to N. Carolina, Michigan 

 and Minnesota. American Cranberry, Large Cranberry, Bear- 

 berry, with other synonyms of ( b ) . 



b. 0. Oxy COCCUS ( L. ) MacM. ( V. Oxycoccus L. , O. palustris Pers. 



(Kew), S. Oxycoccus Roth. ). Northern Europe, Asia and N. 

 America, south to New Jersey and Michigan. European or 

 Small Cranberry, Cranberry, Cramberry, Crane' s-berry, Marsh 

 Cranberry, Crowberry, Marshberry, Moss-berry, Moor-berry, 

 Bog-berry, Fen-berry, Sourberry, Sow-berryt, Swamp Redberry, 

 Bogwort, Marshwort, Moonog, Moss-milion (i. e. Moss-melon); 

 Ger. Moosbeere, Kesselbeere^ Sauerbeere, Kranichbeere. Fruit, 

 Fructus oxycoccos, Baccse oxy cocci, acidulous, refrigerant, 

 esculent. 



1477. OXYDENDRUM, DC. Sour-wood. Ericaceae. 

 From Greek, "sour tree". Syn. Andromeda, in part. A 



tree with deciduous sour leaves. One species, eastern U. S. 



a. 0. arboreum (L.) DC. (A. arborea L. ). Pennsylvania to 

 Florida. Sourwood, Soirel-iree, Elk-tree. Leavet refrigerant, 

 diuretic. 



1478. OXYGRAPHIS, Bunge. Crowfoot*. Rauimculaceae. 



From Greek, "sharp style". Syn. Cyrtorhyncha, Ranun- 

 culus, in part. Perennial herbs resembling Ranunculus. 

 About 10 species, mostly Asiatic; 1 in U. S., viz. (a) 0. Cym- 

 baldria (Pursh) Prantl. (R. Cymbalaria Pursh. ). 



1471). OXYPOLIS, Raf. 1825. Pig Potato, etc. Unibelliferae. 

 Syn. Tiedemannia, DC. 1829, Archemora, DC. 1829; Oenan- 

 the, Peucedanum, Slum, in part. Perennial marsh herbs from 

 tuberous roots. Four species, all of U. S. 



